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A £3,500 hand chased wine coaster in Britannia silver, designed by Edinburgh-based jewellers' Hamilton and Inches was purchased a week before Christmas in 2017.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Inches of rain also covered a section of Artesia Boulevard in Redondo Beach and a road in a Huntington Beach neighborhood, KABC-TV Channel 7 reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Inches highlighted the euro's slump against trading partners' currencies as worrying for bond investors as it can exacerbate the bloc's 7.4% inflation rate.

From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2022

Inches and inches of snow had already piled up outside as Antetokounmpo and Geiger headed to the car.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2021

Inches away, humans flatten their little hands against the wall of glass that separates us.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate